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KosherTorah on Halakha (Torah Law)
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Consciousness is a construct of the mind. Perception defines the parameters, thereof.
One who can expand perception expands consciousness. This is true in the realm of the natural sciences. So too is it true in the realm of the supernatural arts.
The supernatural is not yet measurable by science, therefore, the supernatural is not yet scientific. For now that which is supernatural is only an art, and artistic beauty is, or is not seen in the eye of the beholder.
In order to explore the supernatural one must expand one' perceptions into the artistic realms. One must open one's mind to imagine beyond the boundaries that present perceptions allow. Going into the unknown makes the unknown to be known. This is how consciousness expands.
The unknown is called the Great Darkness, the Great Nothing, the Ayn, the Infinite. True, one will never reach the end of the infinite. Yet, the only way to spread the light is to take it into the darkness. Only the one who fears not the dark can penetrate it, with sexual passionate and inseminate the dark with light. This is how consciousness expands.
Passion is what drives imagination. Sexual energy is what drives passion. Imagination in thought, and deed is driven by the foundation, Yesod. Yesod is the path of ascent that unites the body with its heart/soul. This is the unity of Tiferet and Malkhut, the unity of the Holy One and His Shekhina. This is the union brought about by Yesod. This is the expansion of consciousness that is brought about when passionate unites the perceptions of the body, with the perceptions of the heart. This is the path led by imagination into the unknown, and unseen realms, into which light shines, and where the coupling of Abba and Imma are discovered, embraced, and imitated.
Contemplate the path and know the mission. You are not free to avoid your share. Your darkness awaits your light. Your art awaits your expression. Transform the supernatural into the natural. Transcend faith, and know for sure, with the inner awareness the expansion of consciousness that unites the Heavenly lovers, and their Earthly counterparts, within the parts of each of our souls.
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Unseen mind, seen mind heart and body, these are the four human realms. The mind is the soul, the real you, what you do know, and what you do not know about yourself. The heart is your passion that motivates you, and moves you. The body is the shell, the form, it is moved by all the forces within it.
The four human realms reveal to us the four Divine realms within us. For there is no knowledge of God other than through the four realms. God is known through the unconscious, the conscious mind, the heart, and the body.
Seek God where He may be found. Everywhere that you seek Him, every place that you look is experienced only within you, within one of the four realms.
To find God is easy. Look within. Explore. Discover. There is nothing “out-there” that you do not already have inside you.
Stop being alone. Stop being cut off. Rejoin, reunite.
Seek the form, and you will find it. Walk the Way, and it will become known to you. The form, and the Way are one. God is found within them even as they are found within you.
This is the secret of Torah and observance. Its message is for everyone. For everything can be found within everyone. So bring out the good God from within
and all will be divine and good.
---------------------------------------------------- I gaze within, and see. Another gazes within, and sees not. Why is this so?
Some who gaze within know how to see in the darkness. Those who can see that which cannot be seen can see the light even when it is concealed in darkness. Those who gaze into the darkness and only see darkness never discover the concealed light. What can be done?
Where I think is where I am. If I think darkness then darkness is all I will see, even in the light. If I think light then light is all I will see even in the darkness.
What there is to be seen is a choice made by me. All things are out there, and all things are within. It is I who chooses what of the All to see. I chose to see light, or I chose to see darkness. Choice and perception is entirely in my own hands.
When visions appear in my mind, they may come from either the light, or the darkness. How can I know one from the other? Follow the rules of wisdom and logic, and surrender your heart to the knowledge of the mind!
Visions requires that the head lead the heart. The heart feels, but the head knows. The light of the mind shines into the the heart. For the light of the heart is the light of the moon. The light of the mind is the light of the sun. Never let the moon outshine the sun. This is the natural truth for understanding visions and the language of the realm within.
Know this, and do this, and the sun's light of the mind will shine within you dispelling darkness, and bringing clarity. In clarity will you gaze into the darkness and see within it the hidden light.
Learn this lesson well.
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Shabat is the day of rest. Yet Shabat is unlike a month measured by the moon, or like a year measured by the sun. For the Shabat, there is no measure.
Shabat does not exist in the world before it can first exist within the human mind. Shabat is rest for the soul. The soul is within, so too is Shabat within.
To properly observe Shabat according to the ancient Way one must learn many things. The right Way of Shabat is not a personal decision, it is a collective one, one that was made long ago, and continues to be made to this very day.
Often it is asked where is God to be found? The answer forever stays the same. God is found within the box. The square box, which is 4 by 4, reveals the Way of Shabat. The Way of Shabat reveals its Creator, in remembrance of creation.
Yet, with remembrance comes responsibility. Responsibility embraced is freedom achieved. This is so, in remembrance of the exodus from Egypt. And every time one goes free and walks the 4 by 4 box one remembers the ancient past which is etched within one's very soul.
aligns the human heart, and mind with the heart and mind of Mother Nature herself. She is the Shekhina, the Divine Presence. She is the Malkhut, the coming Kingdom in which all shall be one, all shall be in peace, all shall be Shabat. Shabat shalom is not a wish, it is a state of consciousness. Embrace the one to know the other.
Live! Rest! Observe! Remember! Know what must be done, and do it. Transform, and know the inner, true Shabat.
And you will know, and you will have Shabat Shalom.
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Work and prayer go together, always. Work is performed by hand. Prayer is performed by mind. When mind and hand are united with heart, the three working together as one
manifest success! Prayer is talking to God. God is found within. Therefore, prayer is inner communion.
God is all, and is in all. All the universe is but a manifestation of the Divine Mind, and the Divine Mind is accessed through the human mind. Here now is the secret to turn prayer into action.
Gaze within. See within that which you seek. Create its image inside you. Make it real. Then say in your mind, and with your words:
“I merge my mind with the universal Mind, the Active Being of all. As I am a manifestation of the Active Being, and Universal Mind, so too are my thoughts His thoughts, and His thoughts my thoughts. I merge my mind with the Supernal, Active Being, and I call upon the universe to manifest the Thoughts of the Supernal Mind realized as they are through my mind, and my thoughts. May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be acceptable before the Supernal, Active Being, Universal Mind, amen”
What you can see is what can be. Materialize that which is good. Neutralize that which is bad. Start with your mind, merge with your heart, and manifest into action the best for yourself and all others around you.
The power is in your hands, your heart, and your mind. Wield wisely the sacred sword! Make it a good week.
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It is said that God, Torah and Man are all one. But, how can this be? This can be, simply because it is what it is, and is not what it is not.
To understand this sublime secret of nature we must first understand the sublime secrets about ourselves.
God is the Creator of the universe. Consciousness is the creator of the human universe. For no human being comprehends anything about the universe other than through consciousness. God is the Universal consciousness. As such God is the Soul of existence.
Each human soul is a part of the great Universal soul. This is the meaning of man being created in the Image of God. In this way, God and man are one.
The small reflects the great. All of the Great that can be perceived will be received within the conscious mind of the small. Thus God is always found within, for there is no other place wherein which man can find God.
Our path is always an internal one, never an external one. This is why science will never find God. It may indeed find His fingerprints, but it will never discover His actual Hand, all the more so will science never see His Face. For how can that which by definition must look out attempt to see that which can only be seen within?
There is the path to inner vision. We call this path Torah. Others call it by many other names. Names matter not, for once we strip the path of its slippery facade, that smooth surface that causes beginners to slip, and to fall.
the path is the same for all humanity. There is Man on the outside, and God on the inside, the Path unites the two and leads the Way from the one to the other. Thus, God, the Path and Man are all one.
This is the secret of the Unity. All is within, and all one needs to do is to see it, and be it. This one of the many secrets of the Torah. Learn it well.
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The first act of the work week is the creation of Light. As it is for God, so too must it be for us.
Before we commit our hands to action, we must first have light to guide our minds, and hearts.
Think about what it is that you want to do before you do it. Once you have thought it out rationally, and clearly, then pause, and ask yourself, how do I feel about this?
Know the difference between what you think, and what you feel. Only when the two are in complete harmony should you then proceed and act!
This is the secret of a successful work week. Put this advice to work for you, and see how the blessings of Heaven will shower down upon the blessed works of your hands.
Shine the inner Light. Materialize it in your mind and heart. Know the first step of creation. Then pause, breathe, and act!
When you allow God inside you, you will find that God will not stay there. Rather, “He” will flow through you, and from you, bringing blessings of all kinds to all things around you.
It all starts with the light. So shine it brightly inside you. This is the way to make for yourselves a Shavuah Tov!
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Consciousness is a construct of the mind. Perception defines the parameters, thereof.
One who can expand perception expands consciousness. This is true in the realm of the natural sciences. So too is it true in the realm of the supernatural arts.
The supernatural is not yet measurable by science, therefore, the supernatural is not yet scientific. For now that which is supernatural is only an art, and artistic beauty is, or is not seen in the eye of the beholder.
In order to explore the supernatural one must expand one' perceptions into the artistic realms. One must open one's mind to imagine beyond the boundaries that present perceptions allow. Going into the unknown makes the unknown to be known. This is how consciousness expands.
The unknown is called the Great Darkness, the Great Nothing, the Ayn, the Infinite. True, one will never reach the end of the infinite. Yet, the only way to spread the light is to take it into the darkness. Only the one who fears not the dark can penetrate it, with sexual passionate and inseminate the dark with light. This is how consciousness expands.
Passion is what drives imagination. Sexual energy is what drives passion. Imagination in thought, and deed is driven by the foundation, Yesod. Yesod is the path of ascent that unites the body with its heart/soul. This is the unity of Tiferet and Malkhut, the unity of the Holy One and His Shekhina. This is the union brought about by Yesod. This is the expansion of consciousness that is brought about when passionate unites the perceptions of the body, with the perceptions of the heart. This is the path led by imagination into the unknown, and unseen realms, into which light shines, and where the coupling of Abba and Imma are discovered, embraced, and imitated.
Contemplate the path and know the mission. You are not free to avoid your share. Your darkness awaits your light. Your art awaits your expression. Transform the supernatural into the natural. Transcend faith, and know for sure, with the inner awareness the expansion of consciousness that unites the Heavenly lovers, and their Earthly counterparts, within the parts of each of our souls.
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Unseen mind, seen mind heart and body, these are the four human realms. The mind is the soul, the real you, what you do know, and what you do not know about yourself. The heart is your passion that motivates you, and moves you. The body is the shell, the form, it is moved by all the forces within it.
The four human realms reveal to us the four Divine realms within us. For there is no knowledge of God other than through the four realms. God is known through the unconscious, the conscious mind, the heart, and the body.
Seek God where He may be found. Everywhere that you seek Him, every place that you look is experienced only within you, within one of the four realms.
To find God is easy. Look within. Explore. Discover. There is nothing “out-there” that you do not already have inside you.
Stop being alone. Stop being cut off. Rejoin, reunite.
Seek the form, and you will find it. Walk the Way, and it will become known to you. The form, and the Way are one. God is found within them even as they are found within you.
This is the secret of Torah and observance. Its message is for everyone. For everything can be found within everyone. So bring out the good God from within and all will be divine and good.
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I gaze within, and see. Another gazes within, and sees not. Why is this so?
Some who gaze within know how to see in the darkness. Those who can see that which cannot be seen can see the light even when it is concealed in darkness. Those who gaze into the darkness and only see darkness never discover the concealed light. What can be done?
Where I think is where I am. If I think darkness then darkness is all I will see, even in the light. If I think light then light is all I will see even in the darkness.
What there is to be seen is a choice made by me. All things are out there, and all things are within. It is I who chooses what of the All to see. I chose to see light, or I chose to see darkness. Choice and perception is entirely in my own hands.
When visions appear in my mind, they may come from either the light, or the darkness. How can I know one from the other? Follow the rules of wisdom and logic, and surrender your heart to the knowledge of the mind!
Visions requires that the head lead the heart. The heart feels, but the head knows. The light of the mind shines into the the heart. For the light of the heart is the light of the moon. The light of the mind is the light of the sun. Never let the moon outshine the sun. This is the natural truth for understanding visions and the language of the realm within.
Know this, and do this, and the sun's light of the mind will shine within you dispelling darkness, and bringing clarity. In clarity will you gaze into the darkness and see within it the hidden light.
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Shabat is a day to enjoy delights. Shabat is a day to celebrate the good things in life. Yet, everything has its time, and everything has its place.
One should indeed enjoy good things on Shabat, but at the same time, one must not indulge beyond the point where one causes oneself more harm than good. Indulgence is only enjoyable when it contributes to one's well-being, not when it distracts from one's health.
Enjoy rich, good foods on Shabat, but do not overeat. Doing what is right is one thing, doing too much of what is right does not necessarily add up to more right being done. Everything has to be in appropriate moderation, even what we indulge in on Shabat.
There is no good in indulging when one needs to be moderate. One who is unhealthy, overweight, and in serious need of weight loss should not over-indulge in the goodness of Shabat, using the excuse of the Shabat for behavior that, for such a one, is dangerous, and thus forbidden.
Shabat is a day of freedom, true, but it is also a day of responsibilities. One cannot circumvent one's responsibilities and use Shabat to justify that
which should not be done. Yes, one should indulge and enjoy all good things on the Shabat, but all indulgences must be with moderation. All indulgences must be with wisdom. All indulgences must be with responsibility. One who acts without said moderation, and without wisdom and responsibility is indeed violating the laws of Shabat,
even when thinking that they are being
observed. Shabat is a day of rest for the soul.
It is not a day of service to the flesh. We enjoy, yes! We eat well, yes! But at the same time, we eat wisely, and responsibly. If this were not a problem, then I would not need to address it.
Shabat is rest, and rest requires that there be balance. On Shabat, balance all things. Balance you sleep, and waking hours. Balance your speech, and your silence. Balance your eating, with necessary moderation. The rules for these things will be different for each individual, and these individual rules might change from time to time, depending on one's many circumstances. But do not use this fluidity to rigidly deny and ignore that which must not be denied,
and that which must not be ignored. Safeguard the Shabat, and its proper rest will safeguard you! Make the Shabat a true pleasure, and not a gluttonous indulgence. Only in this way will true rest be ensured. Enjoy the shalom, the balance, and the rest that only true Shabat observance can bring.
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The war against ignorance is a noble fight.
The war against arrogance is a necessary fight.
One always thinks that war is fought against the other, because the other is wrong. Yet, the true war is fought inside oneself, against an unseen enemy.
Before one wishes to conduct a campaign against another, one must first conduct an inner campaign against one's unseen, internal enemy.
Ignorance is always one's enemy. Arrogance is always one's enemy. When these two overtake one's mind, and one's heart, then one is defeated, and yet goes through life unaware of one's own defeated status.
Only one who looks within can challenge the inner enemy of ignorance. One one who opens one's heart, and looks deeply within it will discover therein hidden arrogance. Only once discovered can arrogance be rooted out of the human heart. Otherwise arrogance dwells within like a cancer, and like a poison slowly eating away at one's heart until nothing but evil and death remains.
Yes, it is righteous and noble to fight the good fight and to seek freedom, and justice. But before one seeks these precious things for others, one must first discover them,
and set them free within oneself. One who battles outside enemies without first defeating one's own internal enemies is beaten, and defeated even before he/she begins. There is no escaping this universal truth.
Root out ignorance – learn! Root out arrogance – humility! Show respect to all, acknowledge your own faults.
Silence! Stillness! Find calm first, then seek out your inner enemies. Defeat them first, transform yourself, and only then, once you are refined, and enlightened can you successfully turn to the world and bring to it refinement, and enlightenment.
Shine the light first in your own mind, and your own heart. Heal yourself – be healed, and then you can become a healer.
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To everything there is two sides. To everything there is three sides. How can two be three? Two can be three for those who refuse to see. Three remains two for those willing to see.
To everything there is two sides. There is the truth, and there is the false. Yet, for many knowing the difference between what is true and what is false leads only to more falsehood, and not more truth.
For those enveloped in falsehoods, two has become three, the three being: your side, the other side, and the truth which usually lies somewhere in-between.
Right, left, center, where does the truth lie? Where does falsehood lie? How does one know one thing from another unless one explores carefully,
and thoroughly to ascertain the truth? Every situation is different. Every circumstance is unique. That which is right may sometimes be wrong. That which is wrong may sometimes be right. Only one who investigates with open eyes, open ears, and an open heart will be able to ascertain the truth and restore the three to two, and restore balance, as it should be.
Think about this before you act – but do not fail to act with wisdom!
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A new year, what will it bring? There will be much of the same. There will be that which is different. In order to have a better year, it requires that there be a better You! Make yourself, and make your year better! God is already with you. Now it's time for you to be with yourself! So, get busy! If not now, then when?
In the beginning all was one. Even now all is still one, but we fail to see the unity. We create divisions where none truly exist. We create chaos in the midst of order. Who is to blame when confusion sets in? The creators of chaos! God created order. We create chaos. Which world do you wish to live in?
Only a fool turns a blind eye to wisdom. Only a liar turns a blind eye to truth. Where wisdom is found, truth is nearby. Where truth is found, wisdom is nearby. Do not be parochial! Expand your borders, expand your vision, and see how wondrous the greater world around you really is.
Numbers, zero through nine digits, then we start the count again with the combinations thereof. But do numbers exist in nature, or do they exist only within the human mind? There are only ten numbers yet their combinations are infinite. Ten numbers that reach into infinity. This is the Kabbalistic secret of what is called Eser Sefirot Blimah. This is the foundation of the universe, and part of the paths to wondrous wisdom.
Settle down! Rest! Remember the Sabbath, and remember yourself! Turn off the outside world, at least for the day. It will still be there, as good or bad as ever, once your personal Sabbath is over. There is no greater indulgence than rest. There is no greater responsibility that rest. Remember the Sabbath, it is only natural. Follow the Way, and you won't get lost. Listen within by quieting all the outside noise. Rest must first be for the mind before the body can benefit. This is how Sabbath begins. As we say, Shabat Shalom – Inner Peace!
How can one expect to see when one does not use one's eyes? The eyes are placed in the head for a very good reason. The eyes are the window to the mind/soul. What one sees with one's eyes needs to be understood through the rational thought that only the mind can provide. The heart feels deeply and is the seat of emotion. But the heart has no eyes, it cannot see outside of itself. This is why seeing with one's heart is the path of blindness, a path that has led so many down the corridors of pain. Binah and Hokhma, Understanding and Wisdom are the Mother and Father of Tiferet, the Heart. To honor one's parents properly in fulfillment of the Commandment is to submit one's Tiferet/Heart to one's Mind/Soul (sefirotic parents). Heed this, and you will open your heart (Tiferet) to understanding (Binah) and wisdom (Hokhma). See with clarity – stop denying obvious truths. Heal thyself!
You say that the other guy is wrong! But what makes him wrong? Because what you believe says so?
What about what he believes? How shall we resolve this conflict? Without dialogue there is no discussion. Without discussion there is no resolution. Without resolution there remains only conflict.
Is this what you really, really
want?
You believe in what you do, but based on what? Things may or may not make sense to you. Just because you can't understand them doesn't make them wrong. Just because you don't like them doesn't make them wrong. Just because you disagree with them doesn't make them wrong. Right and wrong are often in the eye of the beholder. I can see this, why can't you?
My way is right, there is nothing more to say! If you agree with me,
then you are right. then you are wrong. Whose words are these, yours, or “the other guy,” or both of you? Walls of division blind the eye from the Secret of Unity that we call God. What a shame if you cannot see it.
Deep or shallow. Which are you? Wise of foolish? Need I ask? Open or closed? Better or worse? We are the result of the choices we make.
Life is simple. We are the result of the choices we make. For those who seek answers where do you look? If you find what you're looking for then good for you! But if you do not find what you seek, maybe it's best to look elsewhere? Why do you expect something new from something old? Rise above time, rise above place. Stay in the center, equally close, and equally distant from all. This is the secret of the great Ayn Sof, and the Primordial Light.
It is a shame to waste money on things with no real value. It is a shame to waste time on things with no real benefit. It is a shame to waste energy on that which does you no long-term good. Yes, there is much for which to be ashamed.
But does anyone care? Usually, the answer is no! The reason why most don't care about other people is because each first does not care about oneself. Why else do you think there is so much waste? If you do not invest in your education,
who else will? in wisdom how do you expect to acquire it? No pain – no gain! Make it happen, or it won't happen. Everything is in your hands. Chose – invest wisely!
Long ago we were taught “know how to respond (properly) to the unbeliever.” Responding is one thing. Responding properly is another. In debate or dialogue the purpose is not to conclude that one side or the other is the only right one. Rather, the purpose is the exchange of ideas, and information. Sometimes, some ideas and some information can actually improve, and reinforce that which one already believes. But without such an exchange,
how will one ever know? Respond to the unbeliever not with scorn or insult, but rather with questions, and open inquiry. Seek out new ideas and new information. Boldly go forward where no one has gone before. True, it might be a long trek. But it is a worthwhile endeavor.
In order for one to rest on the Sabbath carrying a burden was prohibited. One cannot carry objects no matter how big or how small in any public domain. To define all these details many laws were made. They can be found in the many books. Yet, there is still another kind of burden that is forbidden to carry be in on the Sabbath, or at any other time. This is the burden of what we call “old baggage.” Again, what this is is found described in books of another kind. Yet, aside from the books, each individual knows his/her own “old baggage.” Observing Sabbath means to rest. But there must be rest for the soul before there can be rest for the body. So, in order to properly observe the Sabbath, one must first put down, and away one's “old baggage.” Sabbath is not ritual law. Sabbath is healing for the soul.
Heal yourself! Lighten your heart, and watch your life soar on eagle's wings. This is the secret of Shabat Shalom.
It is never easy doing the things that we do not like to do. Yet, we can never allow our decisions to be based upon what we like, and what we do not like.
Likes are all well, and good. But, what we like, or dislike does not make the world go round. What we do is important. What needs to be done is important.
What happens to what needs to be done if we chose not to do it because we don't like it? If we don't do what needs to be done there is no guarantee that it will get done. And if a necessary thing does not get done, this can cause big problems. And big problems become much more unpleasant to deal with than the original things that we did not like to do, and therefore did not do.
As a new week begins, begin the work week with a work ethic that commits to doing what needs to be done, regardless of whether or not one likes it, or does not like it.
Get the job done!
Get the job done right! for doing a job well done, especially one that you did not originally want to do.
This is how character is built. This is how we shine Divine Light into a dark world. Be the light, shine brightly this week!
Shavuah tov!
There is nothing new under the sun. The problems that we face today are the same ones that we faced yesterday, and they are the same ones that we will face tomorrow. As long as we stay the same, our problems will remain the same. As long as we do not change fate will dictate to us that we encounter the same problems over and over again. We create our own problems. As long as we do not change we create, and recreate the same old problems. No wonder why we go around in circles. Moving forward requires change. No change, no movement. Is this really a surprise? The outer world hangs upon our inner worlds. What we do inside our own selves, inside our minds, our hearts, and our souls will define for us what we do, and how we behave in the outside world surrounding us. The greatest prison is the one that we create for ourselves. The greatest freedom is the one that we each embrace inside ourselves. Change is the key to breaking a destructive cycle. Who is willing to stop walking around in circles, and to take the first step forward? Such a one brings salvation to the world.
Many years ago
a wise man wrote, and I'll show you a cover-up. Real boats rock!” How true! How true! Today, so many want so much to just go smoothly, without ripples. Today, so many just want things to be simply black and white, without infinite shades of gray in between. Today, so many just want to be told what to believe, and not have to figure out things for oneself! So many today are lazy. So many today are sheep. And we all know where sheep end up. Not everyone is a vegetarian!
We are taught to be courageous like the leopard, and strong like the lion! Yet, today, who has the courage to think? Who today has the strength to stand up to the numbing crowd
and say the terrible truth: I draw my own conclusions!
Rock the boat. Feel the real waves of real life. Walk the wondrous path of exploration and discovery that takes one out of intellectual darkness and into sublime truth. Take the chance! Be the lion! Roar! Just don't be a pussycat. The roar of the pussycat is not roar, at all.
Shabat means “to rest.”
Shalom means “completion,” and
“peace.” This is Shabat Shalom.
One must remember the Shabat in order to observe it properly. One must observe the Shabat in order to remember it properly. Remembrance and observance go hand-in-hand. Like bride and groom, they are united together in passionate embrace.
Work is prohibited on Shabat. But what is work? Who decides what is, and what is not prohibited? Torah is not in Heaven, so Heaven does not decide. What is written in the Word needs to be understood within the context of the Word that is spoken but often not written. One is the soul, the other is the body. Without the soul the body is not alive. Without the Oral Torah, the Written Torah has no soul. The work that is prohibited is the work that needs to be prohibited.
Not all things that are said to be prohibited are indeed prohibited. To know one thing from another, one must study both the Written Word, and the Oral words. Together, body and soul make a living soul. And every soul needs complete rest, on its day – Shabat, in its own way – Halakha.
Go the natural way, observe the natural Shabat This is the Way of Halakha, the Way that unites body and soul, the way that unites Heaven and Earth. Know complete rest. Restore the soul in peace. Do the right things in the right way, and then all that is right with the world will fall into your lap, and give you the Shalom of the Shabat. So, Shabat Shalom!
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Level 3 - $45.00 and up * At this level individuals will receive my Daily Thoughts, and other previously free essays. * Access to the Monday night class (both), and access to the Wednesday night class. * Recordings of said classes. This way, you will never miss a class. * Personal access to me, to call, or email me questions about their studies, or to briefly discuss other personal matters. * 30% discount on all items in our Online Store. ----------------------------------------------------------- KosherTorah.com gets by with the help of our friends and students. I am able to be here for you because you are here for me. Your monthly contribution is the "gasoline" in the KosherTorah School "engine.
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member of the KosherTorah School At that time, I will take your personal details and payment information. I'll see ya'all online. Thank you all, again. Muchas Gracias! Questions? Comments? Email me at: koshertorah1@yahoo.com
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